''Ten Percent'' is the debut studio album recorded by American male vocal quartet

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, released in 1976 on the

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label.

History

The album features the

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, which peaked at No.2 on the

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chart, No. 54 on the

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and No. 63 on the

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chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: "My Love Is Free" and "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight)". The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

*Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Joseph Harris, James Williams – vocals * Earl Young – drums * Ron Baker – bass *

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– vibes *Larry Washington – congas * Norman Harris,

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, T.J. Tindall – guitars *Carlton Kent,

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, T.G. Conway, Bruce Hawes – keyboards *Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene – trumpets *Robert Moore, Edward Cascarella, Richard Genovese, Frederick Joiner – trombones *Jeffery Kirschen, Milton Phibbs – French horns *John Wilson – flugelhorn *Don Renaldo (Christine Reeves, Americus Mungiole, Rudolph Malizia, Lance Elbeck, Charles Apollonia, Richard Jones) – violins *Anthony Sinagoga, Davis Barnett, Peter Nocella – violas *Romeo Di Stefano, Larry Gold, Patricia Weimer – cellos *Bunny Harris – tambourine *

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, Evette Benton, Carla Benson – background vocals

Production

* Norman Harris, Bruce Hawes, Ron Baker, Earl Young,

– producers *Joe Cayre, Stan Cayre, Ken Cayre – executive producers *Carl Paruolo, Arthur Stoppe, Jim Gallagher, Kenny Present, Jeff Stewart, Peter Humphreys, Dirk Devlin – engineers *

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, Ken Cayre – mixing *Al Brown mastering *

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– cover photography *Hank Dunning – backline photography *Karen Bernath – design *Paula Bisacca – art direction

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1976 debut albums Double Exposure (band) albums Albums produced by Norman Harris Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Salsoul Records albums